Title: The More You KnowAuthor: caitriRating: GPairings: Kirk/McCoyWord count: 349Summary: Comment-fic for the Daily Captain, Daily Doctor at jim_and_bones. A series of promotionals do not do by script.

“And remember, kids, only you can prevent trans-time singularities!” Jim points at the vidcam with a shit-eating grin.

“Your sarcasm was funny two hours ago,” the tired vidcam operator says, as the rest of the “Heroes of the Federation” snort and chuckle in exhausted amusement. Well, except for Spock, who just looks disapproving.

“Mine eez about drugs,” Chekov says, looking offended. “Vhy is Hikaru’s about sef sex and I hef to talk about ze dangers of drugs?”

Sulu grins at his friend. “’Cause I’m the dashing, hot one? Hey!” This last is uttered as Bones ‘borrows’ the PADD with his script and marches up to take a position in front of the vidcam.

“If someone’s going to talk about safe sex it might as well be me,” Bones says shortly. In his gray suit, Jim suspects Bones is just promoting sex, period, but he refrains from mentioning that as he gets up obligingly. He moves to stand behind the operator, grinning at his friend.

Jim’s jaw drops in horror as the rest of the crew howls with laughter, and even the vidcam operator is shaking with mirth—so hard he has to put his ‘cam down.

“Bones!” Jim is already walking over to his CMO, appalled. “I don’t—“

Still speaking in that news announcing voice, Bones turns back to the vidcam again. “Yeah. Sorry. He really doesn’t.”

“How do you know?” Uhura asks.

Bones flushes, caught, and Jim starts to laugh. “Got ya, baby,” he says, stealing a kiss. The rest of the crew’s laughter becomes delighted, one or two of them even clapping. He doesn’t look to see who it is.

“Yeah ya do,” Bones says, kissing him back briefly, and then they move so that Scotty can inform the Federation of the importance of recycling.